No, we just used a regular road atlas- went NW up to Pahrump then over to Death Valley and down the valley and back out to Baker CA- then back to LV. - here is a blurb from the National Park site though: The most direct route from Las Vegas (via Pahrump, NV) and other options are available by downloading Routes From Las Vegas (191kb PDF file) so go there and see what the pdf* is.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.